James farewells star mare, looks for big run from another
Cambridge trainer Roger James will produce Concert Hall in Saturday’s Group 3 Powerworx Taranaki Cup (1800m) at New Plymouth as a springboard to a campaign...
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Versatile Wellwood answers the call
Cambridge trainer Robert Wellwood is one of the bright young stars of the New Zealand training ranks and the hands-on horseman has already proved adept...
London Banker primed for Feilding Gold Cup
Progressive Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained stayer London Banker is primed for the Listed Ricoh Feilding Gold Cup (2100m) at Awapuni on Saturday. The patiently-handled...
Partnership in search of breakthrough Group 1
The Roger James and Robert Wellwood-trained Two Illicit has hardly put a foot wrong in her eight-start career to date, but the immensely talented four-year-old...
London Banker prevails in stirring finish
Promising stayer London Banker took every centimetre of the 2100m distance of Saturday’s J Swap Contractors Bay Of Plenty Cup to get his nose in...
James keen to test in-form Sherrif
A dominant performance over 1600m at Trentham on Saturday has co-trainer Roger James considering upping the ante for talented performer Sherrif. Carrying the familiar black...
No disappointment among beaten Derby favourites
Despite being upstaged by a superb staying performance by Sherwood Forest in Saturday’s Group 1 Vodafone New Zealand Derby (2400m), the connections of beaten favourites...
James shoots for sixth Derby win
Five-time New Zealand Derby winning-trainer Roger James is refusing to buy into talk that Saturday’s Classic at Ellerslie is down to a two-horse race between...